George dewey



@einen tatt atmt @fitta GEORGE DEWEY, OF BLOOMING VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA. l Letters Patent No. 64,288, dated April 30, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY'CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GERGF. DEWEY, of Blooming Valley, in the county of Crawford, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Doors and Sashes; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull and correct description of the same, suiiicient to'enahlc others skilledin the art to which my invention appertains to understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and in which- Figurel is a longitudinal vertlcal section of a door provided with two windo W-sashes.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the sashes, showing my improvement; and

Figure 3 is a detached view of oneof the strips of Indiarubbcr by means of which I fasten the pane of glass in the sash.

Similar letters indicatecerrcsponding parts in the several iigures.

The nature of my invention consists,.first, in fastening panes of glass in sashes, or other frames, such as' show-cases, &c., by means of strips of India rubber of triangular form, and provided with holes through which pins pass into the sash; secondly, in providing window-sashes and doors with tia-t strips of, India rubber on their inner or outer faces, for the purpose of making them water-tight, and to hold the sashes in any position they may be placed in, acting'as a fastening.

A, in the drawingstmay represent a. door-frame, and B the door, provided with a frame, C, in which the sashes D and D slide, the sash D being held in position by the strip E, and the sash Dl by the cam F, or any other suitable means. The panes of glass G are held in position by means of the triangular-shaped strips or pieces of India rubber I-I, as shown in gs. 2 and 3. Thesestrips are provided with any suitable number of holes 7i., through which pins or screws pass into inner edges of the sash, which securely hold the strips H. The ends of these strips are bevelled, so rthat cach two fit snugly and tightly together, or thestrips may be made in one piece to suit windows of diiferent sizes. In this case the inner face of the door B is provided with fiat India-rubber strips which not only insure a tightt of the door against the frame, so that the damp and wet cannot enter the room or house, but also prevent Athe noise of slamming the door when shutting it. The sashes are likewise provided with dat Inda-rubber strips d, in this case on their inner faces, as shown in iig. 2. As now commonly fastened with putty, panes of glass are held securely at their edges, any vibration of the centre of the panes not being communicated to their edges, which renders them brittle and easily broken;4 whilst by means of my fastening the whole p ane is made elastic, having elastic bearing, .so that the forceof any moderate blow, which would break a pane fastened with putty, will be broken on account of thc elasticity imparted to the pane by means of the strips H. Vhen a pane of glass fastened with putty is to be removed, to be replaced by another one, all the putty, which has become hard almostas stone, has to be removed, and the sash-frame is more or less injured by being out into.A By my invention I qbviate this spoiling of the sash-frame, as, to remove a pane and replace it with another, it is but necessary to remove the pins from the holes 71., when the strips H and pane G can be taken out without trouble and a. new pane inserted by re-i'astening the pieces H. These pieces also prevent the jarring noise of windows when heavy loads pass the house. The strips d vserve a twofold. purpose: they render the frame water-tight, and act at the same time as fastenings, as the friction will be stl'iucient to keep the sash in any position to which it may be elevated, `thus obviating the necessity of any other fastening. The strips as already mentioned, prevent the damp and wet from entering houses and rooms, and prevent the noise created by slamming-of doors. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Securing panes of glass in sashes or frames by means of triangular Indianubber strips or pieces Il', substantially as described.

2. The dat India-rubber strips d on the inner faces of window-sashes, substantialy as described.

The above specification of my improvement in doors and sashes signed' this fifth day of March, 186i'.

GEORGE DEWEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. wmnnnsfrnrn, A. M. TAXNER. 

